1. VIDEO GUIDANCE, INC.
6500 City West Parkway
Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344
www.VideoGuidance.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Gail D. Shore 952.925.6102
Shore to Shore Communications, Inc.
gshore@winternet.com
TWIN CITIES’ VIDEO GUIDANCE ENJOYS
LARGEST QUARTER TO DATE
Visual communication benefits from corporate travel cutbacks
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (July 13, 2009) – Eden Prairie-based Video Guidance, the leading
video, voice, streaming and web conferencing services providers in the Upper Midwest, is
enjoying second quarter revenues of over $3.4 million, the company’s largest quarter since its
inception in 1999.
“We are on track to reach our annual goal of double digit growth of 21 percent,” said
Michael Werch, president and CEO of Video Guidance.
Last year, as fuel costs soared followed by a haunting economy, businesses have been
searching for ways to reduce out-of-control travel expenses without jeopardizing critical
communications. Video conferencing has become an essential alternative to flying and driving.
With meetings that today reach all corners of the globe as well as just across town, high-
definition video conferencing systems can connect multiple offices in a number of geographic
locations, making video conferencing a critical tactic in a company’s overall business strategies.
Video Guidance has also benefited from strong sales resulting from new innovative
products launched this year:
VG Connect™
VG Connect is an industry-unique integration of video conferencing tools that combines
HD video, voice, web, streaming, gateway and management programs into one simple, intuitive
and cost-effective service. VG Connect’s bundled conferencing services are designed to take the
burden of owning, supporting, and troubleshooting the technology off of the customers. Video
Guidance manages, supports and maintains the services, making them easy and transparent to
the end user. Never before have all of these tools been collected under one roof.
VG Transport™
VG Transport is a new portable video conferencing solution expressly created to help
Minnesota disaster response teams meet face to face in an ad-hoc and secure fashion to share
information and coordinate emergency response efforts. VG Transport is a two-way, interactive
video system used in the field, allowing a response team to bring their office functionality to the
scene of an emergency. Designed with advice from emergency managers, the system is
particularly critical when conducting emergency meetings during a pandemic without personal
contact and contamination.
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Founded in 1999, privately held Video Guidance, Inc. (www.videoguidance.com) provides
conferencing, telepresence and audio visual technologies and services that facilitate natural,
visual communication. Video Guidance’s 2008 year-end results grew an impressive 21 percent
over 2007. Strategic alliances include Conference Plus, Tandberg (OSLO: TAA.OL), Polycom
(NASDAQ: PLCM), LifeSize, On Stream Media Corporation, Radvision (NASDAQ: RVSN),
VBrick, and Accordent.
Video Guidance was also twice named to Inc’s. 5,000 list of the nation’s fastest growing
private companies in 2007 and 2008. In 2007, the company has been among the Top 100 of the
fastest growing regional companies in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and recognized by The
Business Journal as one of the “50 Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies” in the Twin Cities
metro area. This year, Video Guidance received the “Grant Services Partner of the Year” honor
from TANDBERG for helping organizations create teleconferencing solutions in telemedicine and
distance learning in underserved rural areas.
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